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Climate change is scaring the fish due to acidified oceans, study says
2013-12-11 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Ocean acidification - one of the consequences of an increasing level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - makes rockfish anxious, according to a newly published paper by a neuroscientist at Edmonton's MacEwan University. "It's actually very similar to a human being anxious at a very basic fundamental level," said Trevor Hamilton. "[The fish are] afraid of any sort of stimuli that could be harmful." Prof. Hamilton and his colleague, biologist Adam Holcombe, were building on previous research...
Earths sensitivity to climate change could be 'double' previous estimates, say geologists
2013-12-11 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The sensitivity of Earth's climate to CO2 could be double what has been previously estimated, according to a statement issued by the Geological Society of London. In an addendum to 2010's 'Climate change: Evidence from the Geological Record', the statement notes that many climate models typically look at short term, rapid factors when calculating Earth's climate sensitivity -- defined as the mean global temperature increase brought about by a doubling of atmospheric CO2. It is well known that a...
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Whales Desert Historic Feeding GroundsIs Climate Change to Blame?
2013-12-09 22:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: A mystery is unfolding in the waters of the North Atlantic. Every summer and autumn, numbers of North Atlantic right whales gather in the waters between the eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to feed on massive amounts of zooplankton. But this year the right whales--one of the rarest and most endangered animals on earth--have not turned up in a stretch of water called the Bay of Fundy. In winter right whales usually move 1,000 miles south to breeding grounds off the...
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Australia: Tackling climate change and changing energy systems
2013-12-09 06:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: "Avoiding a climate crisis, while meeting a growing demand of energy services, is one of the most challenging issues humanity is facing today," says Dr Malte Meinshausen, Senior Researcher at the Melbourne School of Earth Sciences. Dr Meinshausen is also Co-ordinator of Melbourne`s newly launched Australian-German College of Climate & Energy Transitions (TRACE), a collaboration between the University of Melbourne and German partners the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the...
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Australia: Reality bites as climate change adds fuels bushfires
2013-12-08 23:35:25| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: In October, huge bushfires devastated communities, property and livelihoods in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Tragically, two lives were lost. As the Climate Council's first major report makes clear, our changing climate is increasing the chances of similar events in future. Yes, bushfires are part of the Australian experience, but large and severe bushfires in October are unusual. There has been considerable discussion in the media around the link between climate change and bushfires....
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